De mortuis nil nisi bonum

Antonin Scalia is dead.

Ted Cruz has declared that Obama should not name his replacement, but should leave it to the next President. I'm not surprised by this declaration.

If the Senate stonewalls whoever Obama names until November - or next January - I will also not be surprised. I will, however, be infuriated. If they allow the nominee to come to a vote and reject him/her, I will not be infuriated: "advise and consent" means that rejection is an option. (Don't talk to me about Robert Bork. Bork got his up-or-down vote, and lost.)

I am holding on to hope, though, that the rest of the Senate won't listen to Cruz.

Misinvoice

The package containing my new coffee grinder arrived from Amazon a few days ago, but I only just got around to opening it. After carrying the box with the grinder into the kitchen, I brought the invoice in to my computer room. The original message from Amazon included estimates as to S/H and sales tax, so the transaction data I'd entered at that time was only provisional; I wanted to correct them if necessary.

Sitting down and peering at the invoice, I noticed that the total listed was almost $80 more than the original estimate. Looking more closely, I noticed that the last item was for a laptop car-charger. I didn't notice that in the box. The item above it was for a Logitech keyboard; before that, a set of four Phood Shakes (whatever those are); and at the top, a screen projector for a Samsung Galaxy.

In other words, it was the invoice for a completely different order.

I wonder about the person who should have gotten that invoice. Is s/he someone who would have ordered a coffee grinder and DVDs of Frozen and Predestination? Is s/he someone who actually looks at invoices? How often does this happen?